Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Dame Margot Fonteyn 1919 - 1991 prima ballerina assoluta lived here in flat 9.
English Heritage
Plaque unveiled by Darcey Bussell. 'Prima Ballerina Assoluta' is a title, normally given by the ballet company, that is rarely conferred, and only to the most outstanding of dancers, Anna Pavlova being another. Some considered Bussell also to be in that league.
WC2, Long Acre, 118
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Dame Margot Fonteyn - WC2
Prima ballerina assoluta. Born Reigate as Margaret Hookham. As a child lived...
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Dame Margot Fonteyn - WC2
The plaque was first erected in 1997 on the previous Young Vic building. Lond...
Michael Bentine CBE, 1922 - 1996.BBC and the Heritage Foundation
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